Is the large pheasant-like silver pheasant a chicken or a bird? Can it be eaten? How much does it usually cost per jin? What does it eat to grow up?
The silver pheasant, also known as the silver chicken, Yue bird, white pheasant, etc., is a large pheasant-like bird in our country, and is deeply loved by people for its high ornamental value and medicinal value, so can the silver pheasant be eaten? How much does it usually cost per jin? What does it eat to grow up?
The silver pheasant, also called silver chicken, silver pheasant, Yue bird, Yue fowl, white pheasant, etc., is a large pheasant-like bird of the genus Lophura in the family Phasianidae. The male bird has a total length of 100-119 cm, and the female bird 58-67 cm. In our country it is mainly distributed in Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hainan and other places.
Can it be eaten?
Yes, and it is delicious. Silver pheasant meat is tasty and nutritious, containing relatively high levels of inorganic acids, trace elements and rich vitamins, and very low levels of fat and cholesterol. It is a rare wild-game health food.
Latest prices:
The market price of silver pheasant chicks is about 100-150 yuan each, and wild adult silver pheasants are about 200-500 each.
In Hunan, the price of adult male and female silver pheasants is roughly between 800 yuan and 1,500 yuan.
Shenzhen Xincheng Biological Breeding Co., Ltd.: quote: 30.00 yuan
Liling City Qunying Poultry Breeding Farm: quote: 160 yuan
What does it eat to grow up?
The silver pheasant is omnivorous, mainly feeding on the tender leaves, young buds, flowers, stems, berries, seeds, as well as roots and mosses of plants such as castanopsis, raspberry, passion fruit, etc. Among these, it most often eats the nuts of the South Asian castanopsis, cliff bean, fern leaves, banana taro and other plants. It also eats animal-based foods such as click beetles, locusts, ants, earthworms, lepidopteran insects and larvae, beetles, ants, snails, etc. The recorded food types already include 66 species of plants and more than 30 species of animals.
Breeding prospects:
The silver pheasant is a key protected animal, and is both a famous ornamental rare bird and of high medicinal value. Large silver pheasant breeding farms require many procedures, need to be filed with the relevant departments, and also need specialized technical personnel. In terms of market price, young silver pheasants are 100-150 yuan each, and adults are 500-1,000 yuan each. It has strong adaptability and can be raised all over the country, so the prospects for breeding silver pheasants are very broad.